Needle-threader for sewing-machines



(ModeL) H. P. W. SEELE.

NEEDLE THREADER FOR SEWING MACHINES. No. 268,551.

Patented Dec. 5, 1882.

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To all whom it may concern:

- UNITED STATES ATENT I OFFICE.

HENRY F. W. SEELE, OF ROLLA, MISSOURI.

NEEDLE-THREADER FOR SEWING- MACHINES.

S]?FKJIIFICA'IJION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,551, dated December Application filed July 12, 1882. (Model.)

Be it known that I, HENRY F. W. SEELE, of Rolla, in the county of Phelps and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Needle Threading Device for Sewing Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide sewing-machines with a needle-threading attachment that can be conveniently used whenever required.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of a sewingmachine head with the needle and presserbars, and having my improved threader attached. Fig. 2 is a side view at right angles to Fig. 1, showing the threader as turned to one side. i

The device may be applied to any sewingmachine of ordinary construction.

A in the drawings is the presser-bar of the machine. B is the needle-bar, and a the needle. O is the threader, the same consisting of a metal block formed at one side with a vertical groove, 71, for taking upon the needle, and formed transversely in line with the groove b, with aV-shaped orflaringaperture, (1, the upper side of which is open or cut out. This threa-der O is attached upon the end of an arm, e, that is hung by a ring or collar, f, on the presserbar A, sothat the threader may be turned upon the presser-bar in a horizontal direction. The arm 6 is fitted above the threader (J with a cutter, g, for use in cutting the thread, and this cutter may be usedlin either position of the threader.

To thread the needle it is raised to its highest point, and the threader G then turned around against the needle. The groove bin the threader serves to guide and retain the needle, and in this position the eye of the needle is at the inner end of the flaring aperture d. The thread is to be inserted through the aperture d, and thus guided to the eye of the needle directly. The open upper side of the aperture allows thethrcad to pass out of the threader. When not required for use the threader is to be turned to one side, as shown in Fig. 2.

This threading device may be hung otherwise than from the presser-bar. I do not limit myself in that respect.

The, device is convenient for use, as the hole guiding the threadis well open on top, corresponding with the natural vision of the eye, so that the thread can be applied. in the right direction, and for the same reason thedevice can be utilized for setting the needle.

Having thus described myinvention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure by LetterslPatent- 1. A circularly-movable threader, 0, having the cutter g rigidly fixed on the upper s de of an arm, e, pivoted to and lying between the movable collarfand the threaderitselt, whereby said cutter can be conveniently used, no matter on which 'side the threader may be turned.

2. The combination ofthe threader (l, formed with tapering aperture d, the arm a, and collarf, with the presser-bar A, substantially as shown and described.

HENRY FRED. WM. SEELE.

Witnesses:

Jos. CAMPBELL, HENRY HOHENSOHILD. 

